ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · OK · GEOID 40703002024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Stillwater, Oklahoma

Mean one-way trip15.4 min±1.4 min MOE
Worked from home9.7%±2.2 pp MOE
Drove alone69.0%±2.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip4.7%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute16.9 min → 15.4 min▼ 1.5 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home6.4% → 9.7%▲ 3.3 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit1.1% → 0.8%▼ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone75.5% → 69.0%▼ 6.5 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone69.0% ±2.7 pp
Carpool8.1% ±1.7 pp
Public transit0.8% ±0.5 pp
Walk8.0% ±1.1 pp
Bicycle1.7% ±0.9 pp
Work from home9.7% ±2.2 pp

Each share uses 23,256 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

2thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is lower than about 98% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

26thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 74% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

46thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is lower than about 54% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

32th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is lower than about 68% of covered places in the 25k–100k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate49,269± 34 MOE
Workers age 16+23,256± 863 MOE
Workers with travel time21,009± 850 MOE
Estimated home workers2,247± 529 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.